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Country boy.m4a

CRG FREESTYLE

Intro
[Slide guitar slow gliss into root chord, harmonica joins with a lazy bend, fiddle swells softly]
Verse 1

Daddy taught me on the front porch rail,
How to read the grain and tell a crooked nail.
He said, 'Boy, the line don’t lie if your eye is true,'
And the work you leave behind’s gonna speak for you.
Chorus

Square, plumb, and level... not yet,
Take your time, let the sun just set.
Don’t rush a life you ain’t done building,
Square, plumb, and level... not yet.
Verse 2

Out in the shed with the smell of pine,
Shavings curl like a thought in your mind.
Every joint tight, every cut runs clean,
Like a love you hold steady through the years unseen.
Chorus

Square, plumb, and level... not yet,
Take your time, let the sun just set.
Don’t rush a life you ain’t done building,
Square, plumb, and level... not yet.
Bridge

[Mouth organ solo, breathy and soulful, answered by fiddle in a high sweet tone]
Some folks measure life in miles or gold,
I measure mine in the stories I’ve told.
Every beam’s gotta find its place,
Every man’s gotta find his grace.
Verse 3

Now my hands are worn, my pace runs slow,
But my heart still hums when the trade winds blow.
I still hear Daddy when the day gets long,
In the rhythm of the hammer and the old work song.
Double Chorus

Square, plumb, and level... not yet,
Let the wood breathe before you set.
Don’t rush a love you ain’t done building,
Square, plumb, and level... not yet.
Outro

[Slide guitar slow fade, harmonica trailing off like a train whistle in the distance, fiddle holding the final root note]

Square, Plumb, and Level

Intro
You think you know me, think you see
The man I'm meant to be
But I am more, I am more

Verse 1

You built your walls around my name
Called me crazy, called me tame
But something's burning, burning bright inside

Pre-chorus

I won't bend, I won't break
Every breath that I take
Builds the fire you can't fake

Chorus

This is my anthem, anthem, anthem
Bold and brave I stand, stand, stand
This is my anthem, anthem, anthem
No more living by your plan, plan, plan
I am rising, rising high
Touch the thunder in the sky
This is my anthem, anthem, anthem
And I'll sing it till I die

Verse 2

You painted pictures of my past
Said my courage couldn't last
But I've been waiting for this moment all my life
Your doubt and fear won't hold me down
I claim my voice, I claim my crown
The truth is blazing, blazing through the night

Pre-chorus

I won't bend, I won't break
Every breath that I take
Builds the fire you can't fake

Chorus

This is my anthem, anthem, anthem
Bold and brave I stand, stand, stand
This is my anthem, anthem, anthem
No more living by your plan, plan, plan
I am rising, rising high
Touch the thunder in the sky
This is my anthem, anthem, anthem
And I'll sing it till I die

Bridge

(Softer, building)
Every scar upon my skin
Shows the battles fought within
Every tear I've ever cried
Led me to this burning pride

Final Chorus

This is my anthem, anthem, anthem
Bold and brave I stand, stand, stand
This is my anthem, anthem, anthem
No more living by your plan, plan, plan
I am rising, rising high
Touch the thunder in the sky
This is my anthem, anthem, anthem
This is my anthem, anthem, anthem
And I'll sing it till I die
Till I die!

Outro

You thought you knew me
But I am more
I am more

This is My Anthem

[Intro — whispered growl layered with low Gregorian chant]
"The crypt breathes once more...
The necromancer stirs in the blackened dust..."

[Verse 1 — deep, sustained growl with subtle reverb tail]
Shadows writhe beneath the stone,
The sigils bleed in crimson flame.
Cold winds gnaw the marrow's bone,
The dead rise whispering my name.

[Chorus — blackened scream, layered with faint male choir in the background]
CRYPT... of the NECROMANCER!
Where night consumes the final light.
CRYPT... of the NECROMANCER!
Bound in chains of endless night.

[Verse 2]
Torches fade in choking mist,
The altar hums with cursed breath.
Every oath by the grave is hissed,
Every step is a vow to death.

[Bridge — slow, ritualistic chant in unison with whispered growls behind]
"Open the gate...
Shatter the seal...
The black moon calls...
The blood shall heal..."

[Chorus]
CRYPT... of the NECROMANCER!
Where night consumes the final light.
CRYPT... of the NECROMANCER!
Bound in chains of endless night.

[Outro]
Entombed in ash, the candles die...
The crypt is closed…
…’til the next soul cries.

Crypt of the Necromancer

[Verse 1]
Lightning on the hillside, steel runs through the night
Boots bang on the red clay, moonshine burning bright
Crashin’ through the chorus like a runaway train
Banjos ringin’, anvils clang, bluegrass in our veins

[Chorus]
Raise up the jugs and spoon the beat
Anvils ringing under our feet
We got 80’s thunder and a country drawl
Twangin’ like the mountains gonna shake and fall

[Verse 2]
Sunset’s glowing neon, shadow’s dancin’ wild
Leather, denim, rebel smile—ain’t nothing reconciled
Cowbell to the chorus, let’s rip those solos free
We’ll thunder through the holler like a rock-n-roll stampede

[Chorus]
Raise up the jugs and spoon the beat
Anvils ringing under our feet
We got 80’s thunder and a country drawl
Twangin’ like the mountains gonna shake and fall

[Bridge]
Barn’s about to blow apart, bonfire lighting hearts
This bluegrass rockin’ night’s just getting started

[Chorus]
Raise up the jugs and spoon the beat
Anvils ringing under our feet
We got 80’s thunder and a country drawl
Twangin’ like the mountains gonna shake and fall

[End - 3:07]

Twang & Thunder

[Intro]
(static and scratches rising)
♪ Oooh… shadows whisper through the night… ♪

[Verse 1]
The curtains fall, the room is cold,
A gramophone spins secrets old.
Your voice drifts out from beyond the grave,
A velvet sound the darkness craves.

[Chorus]
Dance with me, where the shadows moan,
In the flicker of a light half-blown.
Every crackle, every sigh,
Is a ghost that will never die.

[Verse 2]
The trumpet weeps, the bassline sighs,
A hollow echo fills the skies.
I feel you near though you’re long gone,
Your phantom hum still pulls me on.

[Chorus]
Dance with me, where the shadows moan,
In the flicker of a light half-blown.
Every crackle, every sigh,
Is a ghost that will never die.

[Bridge]
A velvet coffin for every note,
A melody trapped in a dusty throat.
The night won’t end, the record plays,
Spinning forever in haunted haze.

[Outro]
(voice fades through static)
♪ Dance with me… dance with me…
On the haunted gramophone… ♪

Dance With Me

Verse 1 (0:00–0:40)
(Gravelly, intimate baritone delivery)
Shadows lick the hallway walls,
Fingers trace the cracks that crawl.
Moonlight’s pale, a silver blade,
Carves the night where debts are paid.

Chorus (0:40–1:10)
(Tense, slightly distorted resonance)
Night time eulogy, the bells all moan,
Streets are empty, but I’m not alone.
Footsteps whisper — soft, then gone,
Hear the dark hum, dragging me along.

Verse 2 (1:10–1:40)
(Gravelly softness, with creeping tension)
Keys that never fit the door,
Blood-warm breeze beneath the floor.
Voices hum in crooked rhyme,
Telling me I’m out of time.

Sax Solo (1:40–2:00)
(Tenor sax weaves long, breathy phrases; Rhodes stabs answer in uneasy syncopation. Distant drones swell.)

Verse 3 (2:00–2:30)
(Darker, close to whisper-growl)
Glassy eyes behind the pane,
Breathing fog, they know my name.
Candle flickers, shadows bend,
Midnight comes — it will not end.

Chorus (2:30–3:00)
Night time eulogy, the bells all moan,
Streets are empty, but I’m not alone.
Footsteps whisper — soft, then gone,
Hear the dark hum, dragging me along.

Outro (3:00–3:20)
(Spoken, fading with tape hiss and low drones)
“Stay awake…
Or they’ll finish the song…
(Or they’ll finish the song!)”

Square, Plumb, and Level

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